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Selected Verse: Luke 16:13 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Lu 16:13 |
King James |
No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
can serve--be entirely at the command of; and this is true even where the services are not opposed.
hate . . . love--showing that the two here intended are in uncompromising hostility to each other: an awfully searching principle! |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| See the notes at Mat 6:24. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Servant (οἰκέτης)
Properly, household servant.
Serve
See on minister, Mat 20:26.
The other
See on Mat 6:24.
Hold to
See on Mat 6:24. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| And you cannot be faithful to God, if you trim between God and the world, if you do not serve him alone. Mat 6:24. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| No servant can serve two masters - The heart will be either wholly taken up with God, or wholly engrossed with the world. See on Mat 6:24 (note). |
24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.